#Earth

Norway

Mette-Marit is being prepared for a possible lung transplant after her chronic lung disease worsened this autumn, following earlier tests that showed a clear decline in lung function. She told NRK that she had hoped...

2h/1h

USA

Kristi Noem ordered an immediate suspension of the Diversity Visa lottery following instructions from Donald Trump after investigators tied the Brown University suspect to the program and after shootings that killed two...

4h/2h

Russia

Vladimir Putin warned of “serious consequences” for the EU after calling its attempt to seize Russian assets a “robbery,” closing the door on compromise as he repeated Kremlin terms first set out last June. Putin said...

3h/22m

USA

ByteDance and TikTok have signed binding agreements with Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi–based MGX to sell most of TikTok’s US operations to a new joint venture, avoiding a threatened US ban after months of...

12h/9h

USA

Newly disclosed messages show Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein discussed using a Kovel agreement and other steps to try to shield Bannon’s filmed interviews with Epstein, after the House Oversight Committee released...

6h/1h

USA

Erika Kirk said late last night that Turning Point USA has already decided it wants JD Vance as the next US president, after she publicly endorsed him at Turning Point’s AmericaFest in Phoenix. Kirk, who has taken over...

4h/2h

Italy

The government removed major pension provisions from its 2026 budget amendment after a nighttime dispute with the right-wing Lega, following an earlier overnight showdown that forced Giancarlo Giorgetti to back down and...

3h/1h

USA

Hannah Dugan was found guilty of a felony obstruction charge this week after her April maneuver that federal agents say allowed Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a wanted immigrant, to evade an arrest at the Milwaukee Courthouse. A...

7h/3h

UK

ONS figures show UK retail volumes fell 0.1% in November, following earlier signs that Black Friday and seasonal discounts underperformed. The drop was driven by a 2.9% monthly pullback in online and other non‑store...

5h/2h

Italy

The Palermo Juvenile Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation after an 11-year-old boy said he was sexually abused by a group of schoolmates outside his school, following the family report that the child told his...

France

A mediation committee failed to reach a compromise on Friday, making it impossible to pass France's 2026 budget before the end of the year after earlier talks in the National Assembly and the Senate failed to bridge...

51m

USA

Injuries to Milton Williams, Will Campbell and others leave the New England Patriots still positioned to win the AFC East and reach the playoffs after collapsing against the Buffalo Bills last week. Analysts say New...

USA

Barack Obama released his annual list of favorite books, movies and music for 2025, posting it on social media and linking to his Medium page after USA TODAY reported his mid-December cultural roundup. He highlighted...

USA

Federal investigators will begin examining the wreckage after a Cessna C550 crashed while attempting to return to Statesville Regional Airport, killing seven people including retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and...

18h/4h

USA

Keith Lee was named TikTok's Creator of the Year and accepted the award onstage at the Palladium Theatre in Los Angeles, following TikTok's first US awards ceremony that honored creators' influence. Lee, who has more...

7h/4h

France

Frédéric Péchier was convicted and sentenced to life by a French criminal court after investigators linked a long pattern of deliberate poisonings of 30 patients between 2008 and 2017. Prosecutors said Péchier secretly...

24h/18h

Bangladesh

Violent protests erupted across Bangladesh after Sharif Osman Hadi died late Thursday in Singapore after six days on life support following a gunshot to the head while launching his campaign for national elections,...

USA

Justice Department attorneys are racing to redact thousands of pages tied to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell ahead of a congressionally mandated deadline on Friday, following House Oversight Committee disclosures...

33h/11h

CNN

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Trump's Patriot Games spark Hunger Games comparisons”

19m

Taiwan

The Trump administration announced more than $10 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including medium-range missiles, HIMARS and drones, following earlier US notifications that outlined an eight-part offer. The State...

31h/21h

TheDaily

“

Trump Says the Economy Is Good”

USA

Peter Arnett died in Newport Beach, California, at age 91 from prostate cancer, his family said, following a long career as a frontline war correspondent who reported from Vietnam and Baghdad. Born in Riverton, New...

29h/20h

Venezuela

Russia's foreign ministry warned the USA against making a “fatal mistake” after a recent US strike in the eastern Pacific killed four men, a development that follows months of US maritime operations near Venezuela. US...

33h/23h

USA

The CPUC cut the allowed returns for PG&E, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas starting in 2026, reducing PG&E’s maximum return on equity to 9.98 percent from 10.28 percent...

TheVergecast

“

Brendan Carr discusses regulation before Congress”

Japan

Sony will acquire the Peanuts franchise for about $460 million after agreeing to buy WildBrain’s 41 percent stake, giving Sony an 80 percent ownership share and leaving the Schulz family with 20 percent. The deal, which...

USA

Donald Trump announced that the White House will host the first-ever Patriot Games next fall as part of Freedom 250, following his July preview of the semiquincentennial competition. He said the four-day televised event...

12h/10h

Belgium

The protests threatened to derail the EU leaders' summit after around 7,000 farmers surrounded EU institutions in Brussels to oppose the Mercosur trade deal, following an earlier mobilisation that brought tractors and...

25h/18h

USA

Catherine Almonte Da Costa resigned after old antisemitic social media posts resurfaced, following her announcement as Zohran Mamdani’s director of appointments. The Anti-Defamation League posted X messages from 2011...

11h/9h

Waveform

“

WTF Happened in 2025 - Waveform Rewind”

Russia

European and Ukrainian intelligence say Moran Security operatives have been placed aboard shadow-fleet tankers to conduct espionage and protect sanction-busting oil shipments, following earlier reports of covert Russian...

27h/20h

USA

The US government admitted in a court filing that actions by an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilots helped cause the midair collision that killed 67 people near Reagan National Airport, after months of...

36h/19h

USA

Nike's stock fell nearly 11% after mixed fiscal second-quarter results that beat revenue and earnings-per-share expectations but exposed a sharp deterioration in Greater China, following a quarter that showed modest...

12h/8h

USA

Kristi Noem announced that references in US Coast Guard policy describing hate symbols as "potentially divisive" have been removed and Jacky Rosen said she was lifting her hold on Kevin Lunday’s nomination to be Coast...

USA

Florida carried out its 19th execution of the year, executing Frank Athen Walls amid new scrutiny of error-prone Florida Department of Corrections records and the rapid pace of state warrants after courts denied his...

Belgium

Giorgia Meloni asked for more time, prompting the European Commission to postpone the EU–Mercosur trade agreement signing until January after weeks of farmer protests and last‑minute opposition had already threatened...

31h/13h

USA

The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the Trump-Kennedy Center, a move announced by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt after months in which...

40h/12h

USA

Kristin Cabot said in interviews published by The New York Times and The Times of London that she had been separated before the Coldplay concert and that both she and Andy Byron have begun divorce proceedings, following...

20h/12h

Ecuador

Mario Pineida and his partner were fatally shot and Pineida's mother was wounded in a targeted attack in Guayaquil, following earlier reports that Pineida had been killed in a daytime shooting. Officials said the attack...

28h/21h

USA

Reporting that the payment repackages existing housing funds, critics called the one-time $1,776 warrior dividend announced by Donald Trump in a prime-time White House address a political rebrand rather than a new...

33h/12h

USA

An amended complaint filed in Los Angeles County court alleges Riley Keough is the biological parent of one of John Travolta and the late Kelly Preston’s children, following photos showing Keough in her first public...

USA

Dan Bongino announced he will leave the FBI in January amid disputes over the handling of Epstein files and criticism of ICE raids, following his controversial appointment earlier this year. Bongino thanked Donald...

37h/27h

USA

HHS announced regulatory proposals to cut Medicare and Medicaid payments to hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to people under 19, following House votes that advanced a federal ban on care for minors. Robert...

34h/13h

USA

Trump Media will provide up to $300 million and invest $200 million immediately to fund TAE Technologies’ first US fusion plant, Michl Binderbauer said, following the all‑stock merger that values the combined company at...

21h/16h

USA

Donald Trump unveiled new descriptive plaques beneath a gold-heavy display he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame, replacing Joe Biden’s portrait with an image of an autopen and his signature after earlier reports that...

13h/12h

BBC

“

Brown University shooting suspect found dead”

Denmark

The European Court of Justice ruled that Denmark’s 2018 "ghetto law" can lead to discrimination on the basis of ethnicity and left it to Danish courts to decide whether the numerical "non‑Western" threshold breaches EU...

30h/14h

USA

Sean Astin, chair of SAG-AFTRA, praised Harrison Ford after the union announced he will receive the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award; the union announced the honor this week and Ford will be presented the award at a...

10h

USA

Charles Fain Lehman warned that President Donald Trump's order to have the Justice Department reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III will chiefly benefit large cannabis companies, following Trump's move to...

11h

USA

Elsie Hewitt announced on Instagram that their daughter, Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, was born last week, following the couple’s July pregnancy reveal. Hewitt posted photos and wrote that the baby was “My best work...

11h

USA

Economists warn Thursday’s inflation report may be misleading after a recent federal funding shutdown hamstrung data collection, following Labor Department readings that showed CPI up 2.7 percent and core CPI up 2.6...

21h/8m

France

The Sun, in an article by Harvey Geh, recalled a similar February death as it updated details about a 24-year-old British skier who fell about 300 metres down a steep off-piste slope at Les Arcs 2000 in the French Alps....

11h

USA

The Oscars will move to YouTube from 2029, a symbolic blow to network television after the Academy announced YouTube would become the exclusive global streaming home beginning with the 101st ceremony. The multi‑year,...

41h/22h

Germany

Birkenstock forecast annual profit below Wall Street expectations as the Trump administration's 15% US import tariff is set to shave about 100 basis points from gross margins, following a quarter in which revenue rose...

24h

Italy

Kering is acquiring Raselli Franco Group in a staged deal that values the Valenza-based supplier at about €575 million and begins with a 20 percent purchase for €115 million in early 2026, following earlier...

16h/13h

Netherlands

The USA imposed sanctions on two ICC judges who rejected Israel’s challenge to the court’s Gaza investigation, following earlier US moves against court officials. The measures, announced by Secretary of State Marco...

18h/17h

Reuters

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Australia to launch gun buyback scheme after Bondi massacre”

Italy

Investigators are analysing seized drives and widening the probe after an electrician who installed home surveillance systems was arrested in Trieste when his partner found nude photos of her underage daughters....

25h

SouthKorea

LG will allow users to delete a Microsoft Copilot shortcut after several owners, including Engadget staff, discovered the icon had appeared on some newer LG smart TVs and initially seemed impossible to remove. LG...

13h

CNN

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Brown University shooting suspect found dead”

USA

Ghislaine Maxwell filed this week a pro se petition in federal court asking to vacate, set aside or correct her conviction and 20‑year sentence, saying substantial new evidence undermines the 2021 sex‑trafficking...

37h/33h

France

20 Minutes is following amateur club Lyon La Duchère in a video series ahead of its Coupe de France tie with Toulouse, after Olympique Lyonnais sealed direct Champions League quarterfinal qualification by beating...

25h

Sudan

Thousands of displaced people face life-threatening shortages in Tawila after the Rapid Support Forces seized El Fasher in late October, following an April assault on the Zamzam displacement camp that the UN Human...

17h/2h

USA

Four House Republicans, including Ryan Mackenzie, signed a Democratic discharge petition that guarantees a House vote on a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies in January after earlier votes failed and...

35h/14h

Germany

Federal prosecutors charged eight people on Dec. 18 over an alleged right-wing terror cell called Letzte Verteidigungswelle, following police raids in May that detained suspects aged 14 to 21. The indictment in Hamburg...

26h/25h

Albania

Torches and water were thrown as lawmakers disrupted a parliamentary vote amid protests over corruption allegations against Belinda Balluku, following weeks of unrest that began when SPAK moved to lift her immunity....

15h

TheHill

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Trump to sign mammoth defense spending bill into law”

10h

USA

The Trump administration has ordered a sharp expansion of denaturalization efforts, asking USCIS field offices to refer 100 to 200 cases per month to the DOJ for fiscal 2026 after earlier reports said the agency would...

27h

Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he will veto a parliamentary bill that would sharply reduce Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year, three-month prison sentence after the Senate approved the measure this week and the lower house had...

34h/17h

USA

Analysts sharply upgraded Micron and its stock jumped after the company posted much stronger-than-expected first-quarter results, with DRAM revenue up 69 percent year over year and shares rising as much as 14 percent,...

15h

USA

Alan Dershowitz has outlined legal theories in a newly published book that he says could allow Donald Trump to remain president for an additional term after he discussed the idea at a White House Chanukah event....

21h/19h

Italy

Leonardo Apache La Russa said he was cleared of a revenge-porn charge and revealed he suffered depression and contemplated suicide after a Milan judge declared the charge extinguished following a €25,000 settlement....

28h

UK

William and Catherine published their 2025 family Christmas portrait on social media with the caption "Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas," following an April photoshoot that supplied several family images used...

23h/13h

Belgium

ReBirth completed a majority-stake recapitalisation of Cowboy, converting legacy obligations into equity and supplying a combined €15 million to clean up the balance sheet and restart production, after earlier reports...

27h

USA

Two families — Tricia Maciejewski and Ros and Mark Dowey — filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Meta using newly released internal records after their teenage sons, Levi Maciejewski and Murray Dowey, died by suicide...

17h

Argentina

Thousands protested in Buenos Aires against a labor reform pushed by Javier Milei as the Senate began debating the bill, following the CGT’s planned mass march at Plaza de Mayo that mobilized unions and social groups....

16h

BBC

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TikTok owner signs deal to sell US business”

11h

France

Mindy Chen accepts Nico's proposal and becomes engaged, creating a friendship rift after Season 5 sent Emily Cooper between Paris and Rome and closed in Venice. The split followed secret sparks between Mindy and Alfie,...

22h/15h

USA

Craig Melvin visited and interviewed James Van Der Beek at his Texas ranch and posted behind-the-scenes photos showing Van Der Beek upbeat, after Van Der Beek publicly revealed last November that he has stage 3...

28h

USA

Shawn Porter says the 'fixed fight' chatter will end after Jake Paul faces Anthony Joshua in Miami, following an earlier announcement that the bout will have an official weigh-in and special safety conditions. Porter,...

23h/3h

Fox

“

Jesse Watters discusses reactions to Donald Trump's primetime address”

12h

USA

The Senate confirmed billionaire Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator, ending a monthslong nomination saga that included an earlier withdrawn nomination and a November renomination by Donald Trump. The Senate approved...

38h/34h

USA

Investigators say they have identified a suspect and have interviewed a man who appeared on surveillance video in proximity to the suspect following the Brown University shooting that killed two students and wounded...

Wed/11h

USA

Jamieson Greer published a presentation to congressional committees this week saying Canada must change its protected dairy market and its Online Streaming Act if the administration is to recommend renewing the USMCA,...

30h

USA

Jane's Addiction has officially disbanded following a private settlement that resolves lawsuits arising from last year’s onstage altercation in Boston. Navarro, Avery and Perkins had sued seeking at least $10 million,...

37h/24h

USA

University of Michigan hires law firm Jenner & Block and expands an independent review of athletics culture and procedures after interim president Domenico Grasso announced a probe following the firing and arrest of...

19h

UK

Celtic sit second in the Scottish Premiership, six points behind Hearts, amid a deepening crisis after Wilfried Nancy lost his fourth match in as many games when Dundee United beat Celtic 2-1. Daizen Maeda put Celtic...

34h/29h

USA

The White House announced that TrumpRx and a most-favored-nation pricing approach will start in January 2026, following agreements the administration says link US drug prices to lower foreign prices and...

30h

TheDaily

“

Congress failed to extend health care subsidies”

25h

USA

Kevin Warren said the Bears have expanded their stadium search beyond Chicago to include the club's 326-acre Arlington Heights property and sites in Northwest Indiana after state leaders told the team the project would...

31h

USA

Jonathan Reiner said on CNN’s The Lead that he was medically concerned about Donald Trump’s recent White House address, after Moira Donegan’s column and a New York Times analysis raised questions about the president’s...

23h/7h

CNN

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Private jet crashes after takeoff in North Carolina”

14h

Russia

Vladimir Putin is expected to signal at his end-of-year news conference whether he will pursue peace or continue the war in Ukraine, after he warned senior military officers that Russia would expand territory if Kyiv...

44h/13h

USA

Dolby and LG unveiled the modular LG Sound Suite using Dolby FlexConnect, following earlier reports that LG planned an H7 soundbar as part of a new Sound Suite. The collection—centered on the H7 and including M7 and M5...

32h

Spain

The central government will convert government buildings into a nationwide network of climate shelters and expand regional schemes, following Sánchez's earlier announcement of the plan to protect people from intense...

21h

Lebanon

Israel said it carried out airstrikes across southern and northeastern Lebanon that killed a Hezbollah operative and struck weapons storage as it sought to disrupt rearmament ahead of a deadline at the end of the month...

21h

Australia

A video released shows Ahmed Al-Ahmed receiving a giant symbolic cheque after more than AU$2.5 million was raised by over 43,000 people following his intervention at the Bondi Beach Hanukkah shooting. Al-Ahmed remains...

Wed/13h

USA

The Associated Press updated that the Ursids meteor shower will peak Sunday night into Monday morning and remain visible in the Northern Hemisphere through Dec. 26, following earlier AP reports that the shower was...

20h

Italy

Laura Burdese will become Bulgari’s chief executive officer on July 1 next year, succeeding Jean-Christophe Babin after she was named deputy CEO last year. She will report to Stéphane Bianchi, and Babin will remain...

21h

USA

OpenAI has launched an in-chat app directory inside ChatGPT available on iOS, Android and the web, and opened a developer submission process with resources after earlier releases of interactive apps and an SDK in...

21h